Xu Xiaoyan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Xu Xiaoyan (许小言)
Species/Race	Human 145
Gender	Female
Age	10, upon joining Zero Class 76
Affiliation	Zero Class; Shrek Academy work-study student 76 148
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; control-system combatant pursuing the path of ultimate control 144
Martial Soul	Star Wheel Ice Staff; later evolved into the Star Staff 76 142 147
Innate Soul Power	Full innate soul power 48
Alias	Starlight Goddess 168 169
First Appearance	Chapter 46

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Full innate soul power	48	Born with exceptional talent in the Xu Family, though she initially had little interest in cultivation.
Rank 17	48 76	Her cultivation had quietly reached Rank 17 three years after awakening; the rare Star Wheel phenomenon also manifested.
Star Wheel activation	78 79	At night, the Star Wheel Ice Staff draws on starlight, granting an astral attribute and greatly strengthening her control abilities.
Star Staff evolution	142 147	Her martial soul evolves beyond the Star Wheel Ice Staff; its original ice attribute is ultimately transformed into pure stellar power.
Rank 43 / Stellar Soul Ring	147	Cultivating in outer space carries her from Rank 37 through Rank 40 to Rank 43. She gains a translucent silver-white fourth soul ring and the Stellar Domain.
Rank 44	152	After continued training and refining her Self-Created Soul Skill, she reaches Rank 44.
Additional Self-Created Soul Skills	215	Following her initial month of instruction, she independently comprehends two further Self-Created Soul Skills by using Xiling as a template and combining it with her understanding of the Star Staff.
Rank 48	188	By the sea soul beast battle, she has reached Rank 48 and is considered the strongest among her Shrek peers in attack, control, and combat reactions.
Tournament soul ring configuration	204 212	During the All-Continent Young Soul Master Elite Tournament, she manifests three purple soul rings and her distinctive silver-white fourth soul ring.
Peak Rank 49	208 216	Under pressure from Long Yue, she cultivates to the peak of Rank 49, leaving her only a step from the Rank 50 bottleneck and a fifth soul ring.

Background / History

Xu Xiaoyan was born into the Xu Family, one of Eastsea City's foremost families. Her father served as the city's chief financial officer. Unlike her stubborn older brother Xu Xiaoyu, Xiaoyan was gentle, timid, and heavily doted upon by the family's elders. Although she possessed full innate soul power, the family did not force her to cultivate because Xu Xiaoyu was already considered the family's principal talent 48.

Three years after her awakening, an internal family assessment revealed that she had naturally reached Rank 17. More significantly, she awakened the Star Wheel phenomenon—the first occurrence of the Xu Family's legendary mutated martial soul in several centuries—which caused her family to begin taking her potential seriously 48.

She first encountered Xiling in the rampage-period Spirit Ascension Platform. Frightened by his reputation and appearance after he defeated the Ice Staff youth protecting her, she immediately used her rescue device to flee 46. Her fear intensified after learning that the “Great Demon King” who had instantly defeated her brother would become her upperclassman 48.

Xu Xiaoyan later entered Eastsea Academy's Zero Class as a Rank 17 Soul Master. Wu Zhangkong gave her one month to prove she was suited to remain with the group 76.

Appearance

Xu Xiaoyan is initially described as delicate and frail-looking. When she invokes the Star Wheel under the night sky, starlight gives her a noble, elegant, and imposing presence 78.

• Sky-blue eyes 148
• Carries the Star Staff after her martial soul's evolution 142 147
• Following her stellar evolution, her skin becomes fair and translucent, seemingly covered by a faint radiance 147
• Her pupils contain flowing flecks of starlight after stabilizing at Rank 43 147

Personality

Xu Xiaoyan begins as shy, gentle, and naturally timid. She had not undergone formal soul master training before entering the Spirit Ascension Platform and was afraid to kill spirit beasts, leaving her unable to gain much spiritual energy there 48. She is also easily embarrassed, particularly around Xiling after her failed attempt to demonstrate Absolute Validity against him 79.

Despite her insecurity, she becomes increasingly determined to overcome her weakness. Realizing that she had often been protected by her teammates and would be vulnerable alone, she chooses to seek Xiling's guidance and confront dangerous training rather than remain dependent on others 142 149. Her growth gives her confidence without erasing her gratitude toward those who helped her 152.

Her later confidence is tempered by composure and resolve. She faces Long Yue's oppressive aura without yielding, accepts Dai Yun'er's wager to protect Xiling from further harassment, and seeks greater strength so she can join the military and contribute when a larger disaster comes 203 207 208 216. After defeating Su Mu, she takes Xiling's warning about underestimating opponents seriously, recognizing that she might have struggled more had Su Mu used his Battle Armor from the outset 215.

Abilities & Skills

Star Staff

Xu Xiaoyan's martial soul originated as the Star Wheel Ice Staff, a rare hereditary mutation of her family's Ice Staff martial soul. By night, it can draw upon starlight through the Star Wheel; after evolving into the Star Staff, its ice attribute is replaced by pure stellar power 79 147.

• During the day, her original martial soul functioned as an ordinary Ice Staff; its true strength emerged at night under starlight 79.
• The Star Wheel grows with her strength, and absorbed soul skills become integrated with it 79.
• Her first three soul skills become substantially faster after her stellar evolution, approaching instantaneous casting 147.
• Her physical ability was initially extremely weak despite her considerable spiritual power, making her especially reliant on control and range 77.
• The medicinal baths and sustained life-or-death combat of the Infinite Corridor later temper her body, though speed and defense remain her principal shortcomings at Rank 48 150 188 213.
• During the All-Continent Young Soul Master Elite Tournament, she displays three purple soul rings alongside her unique silver-white fourth soul ring 204 212.

Absolute Validity

Through the astral attribute of the Star Wheel, Xu Xiaoyan can impose a compulsory immobilization effect on a target.

• Can immobilize a target for at least one second, with the duration afterward depending on the opponent's cultivation 79.
• Uses the Star Wheel as a medium to lock down her target 79.
• Can slow an affected opponent's soul power circulation as well as halt their movement 79.
• Xiling is immune because Spatial Folding causes her skill to lose his true position despite his visible image remaining in place 79.
• Xiling later explains that Absolute Validity is a rule-based skill, whereas his spatial mechanism stands above its governing rule 144.

Control Soul Skills

Xu Xiaoyan's standard techniques allow her to layer restrictions and expose opponents vulnerable to follow-up attacks.

• Star Wheel Chains — Creates a six-pointed star beneath a target and binds them with starlight chains 153.
• Starlight Feedback — Disorients a target, interrupting techniques or altering an attack's direction; it can disrupt the spiritual connection sustaining Xie Xie's clones 152.
• Brilliant Starlight — Briefly freezes enemies in place, enabling immediate follow-up control or attacks 150 152.
• Within the Stellar Domain, Brilliant Starlight's control duration can be enhanced to at least twice its normal length 168.

Stellar Domain

Xu Xiaoyan's fourth soul skill manifests through her unique silver-white Stellar Soul Ring 147.

• Creates a star-filled domain spanning roughly one hundred meters 153.
• Grants immunity to suppression from other domains and to negative effects, including control techniques 147 212.
• Provides effectively unlimited stellar power for one hour and enables communication with stars 147.
• Her attacks and control techniques within the domain consume drawn stellar power rather than her own Soul Power 147.
• Has a twelve-hour cooldown after activation 147.
• Can coexist with other domains rather than excluding them 147.
• Allows her to gather the domain's stellar power into a massive golden star spear 153.
• Allows her to create and direct large numbers of Star Spears, including barrages potent enough to force Soul Emperors to evade them 188 213 214.

Self-Created Soul Skill: Piercing the Stars

Xiling teaches Xu Xiaoyan the principles of creating a skill based on the traits of her own martial soul rather than relying solely on soul rings. She develops its prototype through repeated combat in the Infinite Corridor and later becomes able to use it proficiently 148 150 152.

• Fires concentrated starlight as a ranged attack; its early form is used to kill Blue Wolves by striking their vital points 150.
• Refines through real combat, becoming stronger with repeated use 150.
• Piercing the Stars — Condenses the Stellar Domain's power into a golden star spear and launches it with force compared to a high-level Soul King's full-power attack 153.
• Heavenly Star Throw — Launches the golden Star Spear of Piercing the Stars. Xu Xiaoyan can adjust the attack into a controlled area strike or halt it just before impact, trading some of its single-target force for broader coverage and precision 168.
• The power of Heavenly Star Throw can exceed the limit of an opponent's defensive or reversal-type soul skill, as demonstrated when it tore through Su Mu's Reversal Halo 213.
• Xiling intervenes to stop the final strike during her match with Xie Xie, preventing it from seriously harming him 153.
• After mastering Piercing the Stars, she independently creates two further Self-Created Soul Skills using Xiling as a reference and her own understanding of the Star Staff 215.

Relationships

• Xu Xiaoyu — Her older brother. He was tasked with protecting her in the Spirit Ascension Platform, but blamed her for absorbing too little spiritual energy after their loss to Xiling 46 48.
• Xiling — Friend, mentor, and acknowledged disciple. He helps her understand the limitation of Absolute Validity, takes her into space to cultivate, teaches her Self-Created Soul Skills, and oversees her Infinite Corridor training 79 144 147 149. He publicly recognizes her as his friend and disciple, while privately regarding her as his final disciple despite her not yet formally entering his sect 188 207. Xiaoyan privately acknowledges romantic feelings for him but does not want to interfere with his relationship with Gu Yue 185.
• Wu Zhangkong — Her teacher in Zero Class, who admits her on probation and requires her to prove herself within a month 76. He is left unable to find fault in her decisive solo victory over Luo Guixing's group 168.
• Xie Xie — Teammate and friendly rival. Xiaoyan defeats him after her breakthrough, earning his recognition of her growth 152 153. Xie Xie later rejects Dai Yun'er's offer to become her prince consort, citing his feelings for Xiaoyan and his intention to return to the Douluo Continent 205. In later developments, he openly courts Yuanen Yehui and hopes to marry her 240.
• Tang Wulin — Zero Class teammate who is shocked by her rapid advancement to Rank 44 152.
• Yuanen Yehui — Training companion in the Infinite Corridor; both undergo Xiling's dangerous combat trials and recover afterward 149 151. Xiaoyan later confides in her about her feelings for Xiling 185.
• Dai Yun'er — A rival from Star Luo Empire's royal family. Xiaoyan accepts a wager against her, demanding that Dai Yun'er stop harassing Xiling should Xiaoyan win 207. Her victory over Su Mu fulfills the wager, and Dai Yun'er subsequently keeps her promise 216 218.
• Long Yue — Monster Academy's captain and a source of immense pressure for Xiaoyan. Their aura clash ends without either yielding, motivating her to push toward Rank 50 208.
• Su Mu — Monster Academy's third-ranked Eight Heavenly King and foremost control-system combatant. Xiaoyan defeats him in the individual tournament, earning his respect and widespread recognition 212 214 215.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Spirit Ascension Platform and Zero Class

Xu Xiaoyan's first experience in the Spirit Ascension Platform establishes her fearfulness and lack of practical combat experience. She flees after encountering Xiling, while her brother's attempt to challenge him ends in defeat 46 48. Afterward, she joins Zero Class and reveals that her martial soul undergoes a major nighttime transformation 76 78.

Demonstration of Absolute Validity

Seeking recognition from Zero Class, Xiaoyan reveals the Star Wheel's nighttime power. She successfully immobilizes Xie Xie but fails to affect Xiling, whose spatial ability makes him impossible for her skill to lock onto 79.

Pursuit of Strength

After recognizing that her control abilities alone would leave her helpless in a solo battle, Xiaoyan asks Xiling to help her become stronger. He identifies her desired path as ultimate control and brings her to the true starry sky beyond the Douluo Plane 142 144 145.

Stellar Evolution and Infinite Corridor

Exposure to pure cosmic stellar power evolves Xiaoyan's martial soul into the Star Staff, grants her the Stellar Soul Ring and Stellar Domain, and raises her to Rank 43 147. Xiling then teaches her to develop a Self-Created Soul Skill and places her in the Infinite Corridor, where she overcomes fear and refines her offensive techniques through sustained combat 148 149 150.

Victory over Xie Xie

After reaching Rank 44 and mastering her Self-Created Soul Skill, Xiaoyan challenges Xie Xie. She uses layered control skills, Stellar Domain, and Piercing the Stars to decisively defeat him, though Xiling stops her final attack for Xie Xie's safety 152 153.

Solo Brilliance at Shrek Academy

In a friendly match against Luo Guixing's team, Xiaoyan acts before either side can properly prepare. She deploys Stellar Domain, immobilizes Luo Guixing with Star Wheel Chains, and defeats the opposing five-member team in less than a minute through Heavenly Star Throw, Brilliant Starlight, and precisely controlled Star Spears 168. The overwhelming performance earns her Outer Court-wide fame and the title of the Starlight Goddess 168 169.

Sea Soul Beast Battle

During the fleet's battle against the sea soul beast horde, Rank 48 Xiaoyan becomes the most prominent of the younger Shrek combatants. With Stellar Domain supplying continuous power, she launches an unceasing barrage of Star Spears across the frozen sea, forcing even high-level Soul Emperors to avoid her attacks 188.

Star Luo Tournament

While in Star Luo, Xiaoyan accepts Dai Yun'er's wager in Xiling's stead, determined to stop the princess from harassing him 207. She withstands Long Yue's aura head-on and responds to the pressure by cultivating to the peak of Rank 49 208.

In the individual competition, Xiaoyan swiftly defeats the One-Word Battle Armor Master Ling Wuxie before he can fully display his strength or equip his Battle Armor 203 204. She subsequently defeats Su Mu, Monster Academy's third-ranked Eight Heavenly King, by using Stellar Domain to nullify his control techniques, binding him with Star Wheel Chains, and overwhelming him with Heavenly Star Throw and a golden meteor shower of Star Spears 212 213 214. Because the wager required her to win a match against Monster Academy, defeating Su Mu also secures her victory over Dai Yun'er; the princess later refrains from approaching Xiling 216 218.

Path to Soul King

Xiling praises Xiaoyan's talent after learning that she independently created two additional Self-Created Soul Skills. He gives her Starfall Iron infused with spatial power for possible integration into her future Battle Armor 215. With her Rank 50 bottleneck close at hand, he offers to take her to the Spirit Pagoda to obtain a stellar-attribute Soul Spirit and pursue her fifth soul ring 216 217. Before leaving Star Luo, Xiling also arranges unrestricted access to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform for Xiaoyan, at his expense, until her departure from the continent 218.

Later Meeting

At a later meeting with Xiling and Long Yuxue, Xiaoyan confidently asserts her combat ability. Xiling judges that her combination of control and offense could prevent even Xie Xie, whose martial souls are evolving toward the Space-Time Dragon, from gaining an advantage against her in a direct fight 259.

Notable Quotes

“I want to become stronger!” 142

“I'm not afraid! I won't let you down!” 149

“I can't represent Brother Ling, but I can represent myself.” 207

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